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Singapore's bond rally about to end: traders

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Published Fri, Apr 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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THE biggest bond traders in Singapore say a rally that's challenging Japan in the race to be the world's best-performing debt market is about to end.

A vanishing yield premium versus Treasuries, the outlook for the Federal Reserve to increase US interest rates and the prospect of further monetary loosening at home all point to higher Singapore yields.

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